Henry Box School, Witney

Name: Henry Box School
Address: Witney, United Kingdom

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The Henry Box School is a secondary school with academy status located in Witney in Oxfordshire, England. The school has a catchment area of the town of Witney and many surrounding villages such as Ducklington and Aston. It has approximately 1400 students, aged 11–18. The Latin motto of the Henry Box School is Studio Floremus, which can be translated as 'By study we flourish'. In the school's most recent inspection, Ofsted judged the school to be "good". ()

Coordinates: 51°47'33"N, 1°28'16"W

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Nearby attractions include: Cogges Manor Farm, Town Hall, Oxford Bus Museum, St Laurence's Church.

0.6 miS
Farm, Museum, History museum
Cogges Manor Farm, Witney
16 min walk • Cogges Manor Farm is a one-time working farm in Cogges near Witney in Oxfordshire, England, now a heritage centre operated by a charitable trust and open to the public.
0.9 miSW
City hall
Town Hall, Witney
22 min walk • Witney Town Hall is a municipal structure in Spring Lane in Market Square, Witney, Oxfordshire, England. The town hall, which is the headquarters of Witney Town Council, is a Grade II* listed building.
4.8 miNE
Specialty museum, Museum
Oxford Bus Museum, Witney
123 min walk • The Oxford Bus Museum is a transport museum at Long Hanborough, West Oxfordshire, England, about 4 miles northeast of Witney and 7 miles northwest of the city of Oxford.
4.5 miNE
Church
St Laurence's Church, Cotswold Water Park
114 min walk • St Laurence's Church, Combe Longa is the Church of England parish church of Combe, Oxfordshire, England. The parish is part of the Benefice of Stonesfield with Combe Longa. The Wychwood Way long-distance footpath passes the church.
4.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Wychwood, Cotswold Water Park
112 min walk • Wychwood or Wychwood Forest is a 501.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Witney in Oxfordshire. It is also a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 1, and an area of 263.4 hectares is a national nature reserve The site contains a long barrow dating to the Neolithic period, which is a scheduled monument.
4.9 miE
Bridge
Swinford Toll Bridge, Eynsham
126 min walk • Swinford Toll Bridge is a privately owned toll bridge across the Thames in Oxfordshire, England. It crosses the river just above Eynsham Lock, between the village of Eynsham on the north-west bank and the hamlet of Swinford on the south-east bank.
4.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Leafield Castle, Shipton-under-Wychwood
110 min walk • Leafield Castle is a motte castle in the village of Leafield in the north west region of Oxfordshire. All that is left of the castle are the earthworks and the earth mound that formed the centre of the castle.
5.1 miSE
Bridge
Pinkhill Lock
130 min walk • Pinkhill Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England. It is close to Farmoor, Oxfordshire. The first lock was built of stone by Daniel Harris for the Thames Navigation Commission in 1791.
4.8 miN
Park, Vernacular architecture
Cornbury Park, Cotswold Water Park
123 min walk • Cornbury Park is an estate near Charlbury, Oxfordshire. It comprises about 5000 acres, mostly farmland and woods, including a remnant of the Wychwood Forest, and was the original venue for the Cornbury Music Festival and later the Wilderness Festival.
4.7 miSE
Church
St Giles' Church
121 min walk • The Parish Church of Saint Giles, Standlake is the Church of England parish church of Standlake, a village about 5 miles southeast of Witney in Oxfordshire. Since 1976 St Giles' parish has been a member of the Lower Windrush Benefice along with the parishes of Northmoor, Stanton Harcourt and Yelford.
4.7 miS
Church
Cote Baptist Chapel
121 min walk • Cote Baptist Church stands in Shifford Road, Cote, 1 mile to the east of Aston and 4 miles to the east of Bampton, in Oxfordshire, England. It is a redundant Baptist chapel in the care of the Historic Chapels Trust, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.